Stove.



F'. M. GATES.

Patented Dec. 3

Witnesses Attorneys FRANK Illll. GATES, 015 L053 ANGELES, GALIFQTRNIA.

eonora.

Application filed 31111723, 1917.

With the foregoing und other objects view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the, invention Inside? the combination andarrangement pal is -and in t lt and

the details of construction"hereinafter described and claimed} gjunderstood that changes in the precise fembodiment of the inventionherein disclosedl can be made within the scope of what is claimed,without departing from thespirit of the. inven.

tion. i y

In the accompanyingdrawings the preferred form of the invention has beenshown.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of the stove the cover beingshown open and a portion of it broken away. v

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the stove with the parts arranged for use,one of the positions which may be occupied by the fuel tank beingindicated by dotted lines.

lhig. 3 is an enlarged section on line 3-3 Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4?" 1 Fig. 1.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates abox-like casing having' outturned llangcs 2 at the sides thereof adaptedto be slidably engaged by the in turned side portions 3 of a slidableclosure l. This closure is providcd near one end with one or moresupports 5 hingcdly connected thereto and adapted to swing upwardlyagainst the botton'i ot' the closure so as to slide therewith intoposition over the casing. Pivotally connected to each end portion of thecasing is a ball 6 and the two bails are adapted, when extendeddownwardly from the casing, to constitute legs to support the casing oliof the ground,

epcoifiication of Letters Patent.

parts can bequickly set up for the lip 21-5 Patented liter. 3, Millet.

Serial No. 182,2l5.

By swinging these bails upwardly, however, they can be used as handlesfor carrying the dcvicein the same manner as a basket.

E iecurcd upon the middle portion of the bottom of easing l is a burnerconsisting of cuplike base section 7 and a top sec tion 8. The basesection 7 is preferably held to the bottom of the casing 1 by a bolt 9and has an air and gas receiving opening 10 in the wall thereof, thisopening being provided at one end of a conduit ll which extends partlyacross the base member. The upper cdgo oi' the base member is formedwith an annular recess 12 constituting a seat for a depending flange 13extcnding from the marginal portion of the n cap or top weather 8 saidtop lIl(llll)(l' l)(3- ing held to its scat by a screw 14 or the likeengaging the top portion of the 'conduit.

it1 c1'tlii'es 15 for the escape of fuel are provided within the cap 8.

Formed d ametrically within the cap is a groove 16 and this grooveconstitutes a seat for a vaporizing pipe 17 to one end of,

which is connected an elbow 18 constituting a conucctiol'i between saidpipe and the casing 1!) of a needle valve 20. This casing has a nozzle:21 designed to direct hydrocarbon fuel into the large opening 10. as

will be apparent by referring to Fig. 3. The

casing 19 otthe needle valve has a cap 22 l'orined with a retaining 11p23 and this cap is adapted to be extended 1 nto an opening 24; formed inthe casing 1, said opening having a retaining plate 25 adjacent thereto.and. a portion of which constitutes an abutment after the cap 22 hasbeen insorted through the opening, as shown in Fig. 3. The outer endofthe needle valve is so shaped as to be readily engaged by a wrench orother tool whereby the needle valve can be rotated.

The other end of the vaporizing tube 17 is conncclcd by an. elbow 26 toa fuel pipe 27 which is fixedly attached to one end of a fuel tank 2preferably oblong as shown. A alot :29 is provided in one wall of thecaeing 1 and the pipe 2'? is adapted to be seated upon the lower wall ofthis slot when the apparatus is in use. A bracket 30 is secured to the.bottom oi the casing 1 and has a book 31 pivotally connected to it, thisbook being so located and proporlionild as to engage the elbow 36 andthus hold the pipe 17 against movement upwardly away from the burnerwhen the parts are assembled for use.

Under ordinary conditions the tank 28 is located in the casing 1 againstone wall thereof, while the pipe 17 is located in the casing near theother wall othereof, the extreme length of the fuel pipe 27, tank 28 andelbow 26 being somewhat less than the length of the casing 1 so thatthese parts can all be readily housed in the casing with the burnerlocated between the pipe 17 and the tank 28. lVith the parts thusarranged the cover 4 can be moved to closed position and the bails (Scan be used as handles. By removing the cover 4 from the casing thevarious parts of the apparatus can be quickly set up for use. Thisnecessitates first tie insertion of the cap 22 into the opening 24 whilethe pipe 17 is held in an inclined position, so to bring the lip 23 backof the plate 25. Pipe 17 lowered into the groove 16 lowered into theslot 29, the parts being thus held by the hook 31. If desired, the tank28 can be left in a horizontal position so that the cover 4 can beplaced thereover as shown in Fig. 2. Instead of arranging the tank inthis manner, however, the cover et'can be extended beyond. the oppositeend of the casing 1 and the tank 28 and pipe 27 can be rotated relativeto the elbow 26 until the tank is brought to a vertical position asindicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. By

while pipe 27 is opening the valve 20 fuel will be free to flow to theburner and when ignited will cause that portion of the fuel within thepipe 17 to be vaporized so that the fuel will be discharged in the formof a aseous jet into the opening 10 where it wil mix with air and flowthrough conduit 11 into the is then space below the top member 8 andthence through the outlets 15 where ignition will occur. Obviously astove such as described will he found especially advantageous for use bytourists, camping parties and others as it can be easily carried and canbe stored in a small space.

Obviously two or more burners may be coupled together in any well knownmanner such as shown, for example, in my patent hereinbefore mentioned,in which event a suitable valve connection .may be arranged between theburners for controlling the supply of fuel from one burner to another.Such an arrangement is so obvious that it is not deemed necessary toshow or describe the same in detail.

\Vhat is claimed is The combination with a casing, and bails connectedthereto and movable to position for use either as supports 01 ashandles, said casing having laterally extended flanges, of a coverslidably engaging the flanges, a support movably connected to one end ofthe cover, a burner within the casing, a 'tank outside the casingand-revoluble to position either below the plane of the cover or acrossthe path thereof, a valve casing detachably engaging one wall of thecasing, a nozzle extendin therefrom, a pipe connection between the tankand nozzle, said connection being detachably secured within the casingand including a vaporizing tube extending across and detachable from theburner.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK M. GATES.

Witnesses MARY M. SQUIRES, GERALDINE SQUIRES.

